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Emily Drabinski
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PSCCUNY. #CUNYStrong. Queer. Collective power, public good. Organize your workplace. Zindabad. Makibaka. Solidarity

The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. .. more

Computer science 23%
Business 20%

Starting to suspect a global workers movement might be the only way.

Quid pro quo and I hate it.
Farmers welcome federal relief aimed at stabilizing commodity markets, easing costs and restoring trade balances after years of volatility.
Trump announces $12 billion in farm aid as Alabama farmers brace for 2026 season
Farmers welcome federal relief aimed at stabilizing commodity markets, easing costs and restoring trade balances after years of volatility.
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Flight in a few hours to Dhaka wish me luck.
Earlier this year, IndiGo's CEO told the @financialtimes.com that the airline's rise was “one of the most incredible aviation stories in the world”.

But that triumphant narrative has been devastated after a major air travel meltdown - www.ft.com/content/e3f7...
Flight chaos brings India’s biggest airline back to earth
Low-cost carrier IndiGo’s cancellation of thousands of flights prompts passenger fury and regulator scrutiny
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Earlier this year, IndiGo's CEO told the @financialtimes.com that the airline's rise was “one of the most incredible aviation stories in the world”.

But that triumphant narrative has been devastated after a major air travel meltdown - www.ft.com/content/e3f7...
Flight chaos brings India’s biggest airline back to earth
Low-cost carrier IndiGo’s cancellation of thousands of flights prompts passenger fury and regulator scrutiny
www.ft.com
I promise I'm not going to complain about this anymore (today) but Readers' Advisory and Collection Development go. together. THEY GO TOGETHER! You don't have one without the other! If you're buying the books but nobody knows about them, you fail. If you want to tell everyone about the cool books

Love to talk @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social over breakfast in Kolkata!
NEW: SCOTUS will hear arguments Monday on Trump’s attempt to fire the last Democratic FTC commissioner. A ruling for the president could dangerously expand his control over agencies regulating the economy, stock market, campaign finance and communications.
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments In Trump’s Bid for Total Control of Government
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com

Grateful to spend my day discussing the power and potential of our professional associations as tools for organizing and advancing libraries and our shared priorities.

Congratulations to the Bengal Library Association for a century of contributions to the field!
“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”

Walked past a guy in the Manila airport wearing an LSU shirt. “How are you feeling about Lane Kiffin?” “Wait and see, wait and see.”

I didn’t miss the discourse, did I?
Routine naturalization ceremonies scheduled for this month in Putnam, Dutchess and Ulster counties to welcome new U.S. citizens were abruptly canceled last week by the federal government, surprising local officials.   buff.ly/8emFeDU
Citizen Ceremonies Canceled
Dutchess, Putnam clerks say they have new dates for next year 
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The University of Alabama chapter of AAUP stands with students against the closure of [alice] and Nineteen Fifty-Six magazines.
New: ALA and @aaslala.bsky.social welcome the reintroduction of the Right to Read Act by @reed.senate.gov and Rep. Adelita Grijalva!

This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

Being a tax evading billionaire is not a viewpoint.
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.

More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

This is as much fun as I’ve had watching feet in my life.

cc @claudiaeberger.bsky.social ! Do we have an American futsal team I can get into???

Brazil is much the best and that’s clear within the first three minutes of this FIFA futsal World Cup semifinal match.

I thought I had tickets to a football game but it’s a FUTSAL game! This sport is WILD!!!
You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
Behind the Scenes: How UC Faculty Beat Back Trump's Attacks
YouTube video by UC Faculty
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President Dissanayake has called rescue and recovery efforts the most difficult in the nation's history.
More heavy rain slows Sri Lanka’s recovery after deadly cyclone
President Dissanayake has called rescue and recovery efforts the most difficult in the nation's history.
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Billionaires: they’re eating the most expensive dogs, they’re eating the most expensive cats

Congratulations to my big brother @jdrabinski.bsky.social !
Join us in recognizing Professor John E. Drabinski for the release of two groundbreaking works. So Unimaginable a Price: Baldwin and the Black Atlantic, and Atlantic Theory: On the Vicissitudes of Relation

📌Order online: at the Northwestern University Press/Edinburgh Press

Hello from Friday morning in Manila where Geoffrey Bowker is talking to us about the life and death of infrastructure. Pinching myself that I’m in the room.

Your words to the Lions ears!

Thank you for organizing! Just sent something over!
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.

More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

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